青信号

See also: 靑信號

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	信	号
あお Grade: 1	しん Grade: 4	ごう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

青信号 (hiragana あおしんごう, rōmaji aoshingō)

a green traffic light, a green light (abbr. 青), green signal

Usage notes

This is literally blue signal which leads Japanese speakers of English to say "blue signal" when they mean green light more often than not.

Coordinate terms

赤信号 (あかしんごう) (akashingō, “red light”)
黄 (き)信 (しん)号 (ごう) (kishingō, “yellow light”)

See also

信 (しん)号 (ごう)機 (き) (shingōki, “traffic light, the signalling device”)

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